Reading the Bible
Here are forty days of Bible readings. Click a reference to go straight to the passage.
OLD TESTAMENT
Day 1: Prophecy of Eve’s Offspring Crushing Satan
Read 〉 Genesis 3
Day 2: Repentance and Blessings
Read 〉 Deuteronomy 30
Day 3: Prophecy of Jesus’ Kingdom replacing four earthly Kingdoms
Read 〉 Daniel 7
Day 4: Promise of New Covenant
Read 〉 Jeremiah 31
Day 5: Hope in the Messiah
Read 〉 Isaiah 9:1-7
Day 6: The Lord’s Suffering Servant
Read 〉 Isaiah 52:13-53:12
JESUS STARTS HIS MINISTRY
Day 7: The Word
Read 〉 John 1:1-18
Day 8: Unusual Conceptions
Read 〉 Luke 1
Day 9: Jesus as a Child
Read 〉 Luke 2
Day 10: Jesus’ baptism
Read 〉 Matthew 3
Day 11: The temptation of Jesus and Jesus rejected at Nazareth
Read 〉 Luke 4:1-30
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
Day 12: Jesus Feeds The Masses
Read 〉 Mark 6:30-52, 8:1-9
Day 13: Parables of the Kingdom
Read 〉 Mark 4:1-33
Day 14: Rich man & Lazarus
Read 〉 Luke 16:19-31
DISCIPLESHIP
Day 15: The First Disciples
Read 〉 Luke 5:1-11
Day 16: Jesus and Nicodemus
Read 〉 John 3:1-21
Day 17: Cost of Discipleship
Read 〉 Luke 9:57-10:24
Day 18 : Rich Young Ruler
Read 〉 Mark 10:17-31
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Day 19: Sermon on the Mount
Read 〉 Matthew 5
Day 20: Sermon on the Mount
Read 〉 Matthew 6
Day 21: Sermon on the Mount
Read 〉 Matthew 7
Day 22: Inner Purity
Read 〉 Mark 7:1-23
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JESUS; OUTSIDERS
Day 23: Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
Read 〉 John 4:1-42
Day 24: Jesus Heals a Leper and a Gentile!
Read 〉 Matthew 8:1-13
Day 25: Divorce; Children
Read 〉 Mark 10: 1-16
Day 26: Loving the Outsider
Read 〉 Luke 10:25-37
Day 27: Jesus’ Upside Values
Read 〉 Luke 14:1-25
Day 28: Lost Sheep, Coins and Sons
Read 〉 Luke 15
JESUS’ DEATH AND RESURRECTION
Day 29: Jesus Enters Jerusalem
Read 〉 Mark 11
Day 30: The Son of Man as Servant
Read 〉 Mark 10:32-45
Day 31: Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet
Read 〉 John 13
Day 32: The End of the Age
Read 〉 Matthew 24:1-51
Day 33: Preparing for the End
Read 〉 Matthew 25:1-46
Day 34: Our Life in the Trinity
Read 〉 John 14-16
Day 35: Jesus’ Prayer for His Disciples and Us
Read 〉 John 17
Day 36: Jesus’ Arrest
Read 〉 Mark 14
Day 37: Jesus’ Trial & Crucifixion
Read 〉 Mark 15
Day 38: The Resurrection
Read 〉 Luke 24
Day 39: Jesus Reinstates Peter
Read 〉 John 21
Day 40: The Great Commission
Read 〉 Matthew 28